Omicron

Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave
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Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave

Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving the daily American death toll higher than during…
In Italy, COVID wards filled with unvaccinated elderly people as Omicron swept nation
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In Italy, COVID wards filled with unvaccinated elderly people as Omicron swept nation

MILAN, Jan 28 (Reuters) – As the Omicron variant swept Italy late last year, it was unvaccinated elderly people and…
Egypt prepared for worst scenarios if coronavirus cases rise
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Egypt prepared for worst scenarios if coronavirus cases rise

The Egyptian government is prepared for the worst case scenarios in relation to the high number of infections with coronavirus,…
EXPLAINER: What’s known about ‘stealth’ version of omicron?
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EXPLAINER: What’s known about ‘stealth’ version of omicron?

Scientists and health officials around the world are keeping their eyes on a descendant of the omicron variant that has…
Pfizer, Biontech announce clinical study to produce a vaccine for Omicron
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Pfizer, Biontech announce clinical study to produce a vaccine for Omicron

Pfizer, and Biontech companies announced the start of a clinical study to produce a vaccine against omicron variant in healthy…
Pfizer opens study of COVID shots updated to match omicron
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Pfizer opens study of COVID shots updated to match omicron

Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron…
Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity
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Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity

World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more…
Water cannon, tear gas at COVID-19 protests in Brussels
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Water cannon, tear gas at COVID-19 protests in Brussels

BRUSSELS (AP) — Police fired water cannons and thick clouds of tear gas Sunday in Brussels to disperse people protesting…
Fourth COVID vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel
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Fourth COVID vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel

JERUSALEM, Jan 23 (Reuters) – A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given to people over 60 in Israel made them…
China lifts COVID lockdown in Xi’an, tests 2M in Beijing
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China lifts COVID lockdown in Xi’an, tests 2M in Beijing

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities lifted a monthlong lockdown on the northern city of Xi’an and its 13 million residents…
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